Apparatus for relasting shoes



H. MORIN.

APPARATUS FOR RELASTING SHOES, APPLICATION FILED AP'R.24, 1920.

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"UNITsasrarEs Honon ii Moran, or New resent, MAIITE.'

APPARATUS FOR REL-ASTING SHOES.

Application filed April 24, 1920. Serial No. 376,314.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HONORE MORIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Auburn, in the county of Androscoggin and- State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Rel-asting Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an apparatus for relasting shoes, and the object is to provide means whereby the last may readily be inserted in the shoe after the latter is turned, and means for clamping and smoothing the heel portion of the shoe during the relasting operation.

A still further object is to provide in connection with the horn ordinarily employed in relasting, a clamping element for engaging and smoothing the outer portion of the heel of the shoe.

A still further object is to provide a horn including a clamping element pivotally connected therewith and adapted for manual operation by means of a handle, the elements being assembled to form a tool operating in a manner similar to the operation of a pair of pincers.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel con struction, combination, and arrangement of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the horn and the clamping element pivoted thereto, in operative position, the shoe being relasted also being illustrated.

Figure 2 is a view of the horn, in perspective, the clamping elements thereof being in open or inoperative position.

Figure 8 is a perspective view from aning in inoperative position. a

Figure t shows the clamping element detached.

After the last has been inserted into the shoe in any preferred manner, the horn is thrust into the heel portion of the shoe, the clamping element being open, and when in position the handle is manually operated for the purpose of closing the clamp. The shoe and last are then placed on the relasting post, and the horn is thrust downwardly by pressing on the pedal connected therewith. In view of the action of the clamp,the heel is left in proper condition, the upper being perfectly smooth at the close of the operation.

The horn per se is of approximately the usual form and construction. This element is designated 22, and the clamping element 23 has pivotal connection with the side elements I of the horn. The pivots are shown at 24,

the latter'passing through washers 25 and being properly secured.

ner sides thereof which cooperates with the approximately cylindrical portion of the These principal elements of the de A handle 26 is. provided with a concaved portion on the in The operative portion of theclam i fll" element-s includes a curved jaw 28 having riveted to the inner surface thereof a leather or other flexible strip 29 designed to contact directly with the surface of the upper during the relasting operation. Obviously the curvature of the jaw and the flexible element connected therewith correspond with the curvature of the portion 30 of the, born with which they cooperate in forming or shaping the heel of the shoe.

The relasting post is shown at 32 and the treadle is designated 83. I

In the use of the device it is found that an operator can properly relast a very much I larger number of shoes than with the use of 5 the horn ordinarily employed. This is especially true in the absence of' any means for facilitating the insertion of the last in to, said enlarged end, said hornextending through said clamp, said clamp being manually operable and having its operating end lowermost and disposed below said portion and intermediate the horn and said post, a

I jaw on said clamp engageable with the horn on the opposite side to said opening end, said upper end of the horn extending above the jaw, and the manual operation of the clamp enabling movement thereof independently of the horn.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, HONORE MORIN. Witnesses:

ALPHONSE MoRIN PA L MORIN. 

